Metallic tie and rail-fastener.



y .1?. WMM. METALLIC TIE AND BAIL PASTENBB.

` grumman 111,21) 1120.18, 1912.

Patented May 20, 1913,

INVNTon IMQ/dw.

ATTORNEYS gary, residing at Hammond, in the county t'ating the preferred form of construction,

.the following is a specification, reference hen claimed.

FLORYAN WAJDA, or HAMMOND, INDIANA., AssIGNoR or ONE-HALF To AUGUST M.

BALL/Laer HAMMOND, INDIANA.

METALLIC TIE. AND RAIL-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 20, 1913.

Application led December 28, 1912. 'Serial N o. 739,078.

To all it may concern Be it known that I, FLoRrAN VAJDA, a Subject of. lthe Emperor of Austria-Hunof Lake and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Metallic Ties and Rail-Fasteners, of which beings-had therein to the accompanying drawing.y

This invention relates to metallic ties and rail fasteners, andthe objects of my invention are, first, to 'provide ametallic foundation structure for rails that can be used in gonnection withvriwooden ties, sleepers, consupportsg, second, to furnish metallicf'ties with nQvel fasteners for preventing vertical and lateral displacement of rails mounted thereon; third, to entirely eliminate the use of-spik'es as afastening medium for rails, and fourth, to accomplish the above results by a mechanical construction, that is durable, inexpensive to manufacture and highly eicient for railroad purposes.

1With the above and other objects in view the invention resides in the novel construction, combination and arrangement. of parts to be hereinafter specifically described and Reference will now be had to the drawing, wherein Figure 1 is a side elevation of a metallic lie in accordance with this invention illusl"ig. 2 is a plan of the tie slowing the preferred form of construction illustrated in Fig. l, and Fig. 8 is a cross sectional view of the tie illustrating a joint in detail.

Further describing my invention' in detail with reference to the accompanying drawing, wherein like numerals denote corre- -:ponding parts throughout: 1 denotes lon` gitudinal stringers or beams that are flat andgdapted to be'supported bv a plurality of tiesftheballast of a road bed or other supports, the straight stringers or beams having a specific gage for supporting Hatmetallic ties 2 that are riveted or otherwise seaired, as at 3 yto the stringers or beams whereby the ties cannot become accidentally displaced.

t In the preferred form of construction, the t1es 2 are provided with longitudinal tie plates 4 and 5 that are alternately arranged.

The tie plates 4 extend under base flanges 6,l

. theouter base flanges 6' of the rails 7.

The tie plates/l and 5 are riveted, or 0ther wise connected,..as-at 10 to the ties and with the tie plates alternately arranged it. is impossible for the rails 7 to be accidentally displaced. When a joint is encountered, one of therails 7 has the head thereof provided with a socket. 11 and the base thereof with a socket 12. tongues 13 andjjf` carried by an adjoining rail, the tongue 14lieingangular in elevation Engaging in these sockets are to prevent longitudinal displacement of one rail relatively to an adjoining raivl`,""whiley the tongue 13 prevents vertical displacement of the same rails with respect to euch other. y i

What l claim is:-

A metallic tie `and rail fastener comprising a. pair of longitudinell)Y extending {iat metallic stringers, a pair of fiat metallic ties arranged in close relation with respect to each other and having their ends flush with the outer longitudinal edges of said stringers, rail supporting tie plates positioned upon said ties` and adapted to have their ends support the bases of rails, outer rail fasteners carried by one of said tie plates, means for securing the last mentioned tie plate and its respective tie to ,said stringers, inner rail fasteners carried by the other tie plates, means for securing thatl tie supporting that tie plate provided with the inner fasteners to the stringers, and means for securing the tie plates to their respective ties.

In testimony whereof I aitix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

FLORYAN VVAJlh-.. 

